Quality and Innovation Insights
A Triple Constraint in Software Development? Nope. There’s Only One.
Good, fast, or cheap: Pick two. This is a paradigm many in the professional world know well. The Project Management Institute discusses it in terms of cost, time, and scope. In order to get something done, you have to be flexible in at least one of those regards—if...
When it Comes to Quality, Vanilla Isn’t Vanilla
I’ve recently written about the question of AI’s role in quality assurance —just one of the many questions I often hear from business leaders looking to cut back on their QA spending. To be certain, there’s nothing inherently wrong with looking to save money; that’s a...
Three IT Strategy Tips to Follow Before 2020
2019 is a pivotal time to determine and allocate spending for your systems and information technology needs. With a new decade starting soon, where do you plan to grow or make improvements? What is already working? And what unseen opportunities are there to make your...
SAP Quality Assurance: One Place Automation is Worth It
Automation is one shiny toy everyone in the technology industry is mesmerized with. From processes to hardware, we want automation to do our work for us. Someone is probably already working on automation that will help us plan more automation. But the hard fact is not...
Here’s Why You Probably Don’t Need Agile
When it comes to buzzwords in the world of software development, none have become more ubiquitous than Agile workflow. In an effort to stay ahead of the curve many companies have adopted the high-pressure approach of code sprints and simultaneous development, testing,...
Biggest Risks of Adopting DevOps
DevOps has become a gold standard in the world of software development. While it may be an effective workflow for those coding and creating new applications, its efficacy wanes when it comes to the process of quality assurance testing. Though there are issues to all...
Artificial Intelligence To Replace QA Jobs? Not Likely.
Speaking with business leaders around the world about quality assurance, I hear a lot of the same questions asked time and time again: How much should I spend on quality? I use software everybody else is using—do I even need testing? Why don’t I just have AI...
The Difference Between Custom and Configured Software
Imagine one company that just purchased an out of the box HR software that has integrations with other existing apps they use, and another company that developed their own software from the ground up that does the same thing. Which one do you presume is taking the...
Why Quality Assurance Professionals Can’t Do It All
Quality Assurance professionals are amazing. They tend to be detail-oriented while somehow also getting stuff done quickly. They know that their jobs depend on their ability to find the smallest flaw that may end up saving their clients millions down the road. In...